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Holocaust Survivor To Describe Experiences

As a little Jewish girl born in Paris, Monique Saigal was sent to Southern France to be hidden with a Catholic family during World War II. Members of Monique’s family perished in Auschwitz and her father died while fighting in the French Army. After the war she was reunited with her mother and eventually came to America.

Hear about Monique’s incredible experiences and those of the French women in the Resistance. Dr. Saigal’s latest book, French Heroines 1940-1945, describes her experiences during the war, those of the women in the French Resistance, and those of the wonderful family who sheltered during the war.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at her presentation.

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Dr. Saigal was awarded the Dr. Philip Weiss Inaugural Award for Storytelling for Peace and Human Rights in 2012.

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